Thanks for the info. this is most interesting since north seattle
overall has significantly less green space/parks than south
seattle, but perhaps that bit remaining is more appealling to
coyotes (or maybe we're just a wilder bunch up here).

The coyote at North Seattle Community College was last seen
around 1994. Despite lots of construction, the north green space
is relatively undisturbed this summer. I keep an eye out
for coyote spore.

There have been few bunnies of late in the area, and i have not
seen any sharp shinned hawks this year, although a red tail
has appeared still on occasion.


Douglas F. Daily
ddaily at u.washington.edu
Facilities Services Business Office
Phone: 221-4357
Box 352215
Seattle WA 98195


On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, Kelly Cassidy wrote:

> >I would love to know how many coyotes their really are in parks in Seattle.
> I
> >know there have been some reported in Discovery, and I read somewhere
> >that there used to be some in Seward park, but they were removed after too
> >many cats disappeared. I don't know if the ones at Carkeek are confirmed or
> >just a neighborhood rumor.
>
>
> Tim Quinn, then a grad student at the UW, now at the WDFW, did his
> doctoral dissertation on "The Distribution, movements, and diet of coyotes
> in urban areas of western Washington", available through the University of
> Washington library.
>
> His dissertation includes a map of public sightings by park
> groundskeepers. There are many sightings around Carkeek, and a handful each
> near Magnuson, the Arboretum, Woodland Park and a few other areas, but not
> Discovery or Seward. Quinn also captured and radio-collared urban coyotes.
> In urban areas, coyotes mostly occur and travel through remnant forest
> patches. "Three active coyote dens were discovered in north Seattle (two in
> Carkeek and one in Pinehurst) during the course of this study. All were
> located in thick second growth forest patches surrounded by urban
> developments." (By "Carkeek" and "Pinehurst", Quinn is evidently referring
> not just to the parks proper, but the park and adjacent area.)
>
> Coyote sightings were more abundant in north than south Seattle. His data
> were collected between 1988 and 1990.
>
> Kelly Cassidy
>
>